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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA MORE INSCRIPTIONS AT ABLUR the name of this king occurs in a slightly different form as Ehuvala Siri Chāṁtamūla.[1] The expressions a-vidhavā and jīvaputā used in describing the queen are noteworthy. The latter occurs in an inscription on brick from Mathurā, assigned to the 3rd or 2nd century B. C.[2] and also on some inscriptions of the Śuṅga period on the railings from Bodh-Gaya.3 In literature these words are commonly employed either as an auspicious mode of addressing a lady leading a married life or when such ladies are referred to.[4]
TEXT Sidha[m*] |[5] Mahādēvīya a-vidhavāya j[ī]vaputāya Mahār[ā] ja-siri- [Ehavala Chaṁtamu][6]la-pati[ya][7] Khaṁḍuvulāya kāritāti[8] [|][9] TRANSLATION Success. (This image is) caused to be made by Mahādēvī Khaṁḍuvulā, (who is) an a-vidhavā (i. e., one with her husband alive) and (who is) a jīvaputā (Sanskrit, jīvaputrā. i. e., one who has her child or children alive) (and who is) the wife (?) of Mahārāja Siri Ehavala Cha[ṁ]- tamula. _________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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